US1954607A - Hand luggage - Google Patents

Description

April 10, 1934. G. H. WHEARY ET AL HAND LUGGAGE Filed Jan. 5, 1931 P 75 Henry Wfim-zrg/ U7 M. Ham/217 8V A T TOR/V Patented Apr. 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAND LUGGAGE Application January 5, 1931, Serial No. 506,683

2 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hand luggage and has as an object the provision of an improved case whereby one or more garments, particularly com plete mens suits, may be readily carried without wrinkling and at the same time provide ample space for other articles without increasing the overall size or weight of the case.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of improved means for carrying garments within the case whereby the entire garment is in full sight as the case is being closed so that any wrinkles or folds therein may be removed.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of improved means for supporting the garment hanger proper within one section of the case which likewise provides means for readily releasably retaining an internal cover or horizontal partition member in an open position to permit free access to the lower section of the case for packing and unpacking.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of an improved case of the character described which is equally adaptable for use as ladies or men's hand luggage.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, our invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, we have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode we have so far devised for the 0 practical application of the principles thereof,

and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mans case embodying this invention, the case being shown in open position with a mans suit in position just prior to closing of the case;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the case on the plane of the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the means for mounting one end of the horizontal rod about which the medial portion of the garments fold when the case is closed;

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one end portion of the said rod;

Figure 5 is a plan view looking at the underside of the structure shown in Figure 3, said view being taken on the plane of the line 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is a cross section view in perspective taken through Figure 1 on the plane of the line 66 and illustrating the novel manner in which the garment hanger support is utilized for releasably securing the internal cover or partition mem ber of the case in open position.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 5 designates the main section of a luggage carrier of the hand case type having a cover section 6 hingedly connected thereto along one marginal 7 edge as at 7.

As is customary, the case is provided with a conventional handle 8 and one or more pairs of cooperating locking devices 9. The interior of the main section may be partitioned according to the requirements for which the case is especially designed and in the present instance, a partition wall 10 is mounted in the main section parallel with, but spaced from the rear wall 11 by guides 12. An internal cover 13 is hingedly mounted to close the main section 5 and when in position closing the same is substantially flush with the main section upper marginal edges. The partition 13 is hinged to the rear wall 11 of the main section 5 as at 14 and its forward or outer free end portion rests upon supports or brackets 15 carried by the side walls of the main section, and has a tab 16 to facilitate lifting the same from its position over the main section to an open upright position where it may be releasably retained by means to be later described.

Provision is made for carrying one or more complete mens suits within the space or compartment defined by the cover 6 so that garments, when properly positioned therein, will be as neat 9 and unwrinkled when removed as when first placed therein, and in fact experience has shown that when the garments have been properly placed within the case, small wrinkled portions thereof are removed. This garment carrying 0 means includes a garment hanger 17 removably supported from the, front panel or wall 18 of the cover section 6, and the garment or suit 19 carried thereby extends downwardly along the top or outer wall 20 and has its medial portion held adjacent a curved wall or panel 21 joining the wal120 and rear wall 21' of the cover section, by a garment supporting member or bar 22 to be later described, and the extreme outer or lower end portion of the garment is held against the 0 internal cover or partition 16 by a compression bar 23.

The hanger 17 is preferably of the conventional mans type illustrated in the co-pending application of George Henry Wheary, Serial No. 411,091 filed. Dec. 2, 1929, Patent No. 1,869,447, Aug. 2, 1932 and having a top bar 24 of approximately inverted V shape to conform with the shoulders of a mans coat and a connecting bottom horizontal bar 25 over which the trousers are adapted to be draped. A projection or boss 26.

extends vertically from the apex of the top bar 24 to mount on approximately T shaped head or fastening member 27 adapted for engagement in the T shaped slot 28 of a keeper 29 carried by the outer free end of the cover member. The keeper 29 is preferably stamped from sheet metal and has its horizontal slotted part spaced from the cover front panel 18 with its forward end curved forwardly and formed with the T shaped opening for the admission of the head or fastener 27, so that when placed therein the hanger is suspended therefrom in the manner illustrated in Figure 6.

The bar 22 is preferably covered with a suitable padding 30 and has mounting members 31 at its ends. The ends of the mounting members are headed and the shank portions 32 thereof are adapted to be received in approximately J shaped slots 33 formed in keepers 34 secured to the side walls or panels 35 of the cover member adjacent its hinged connection with the main section.

I The keepers 34 each have a flat spring or other yieldable means 35 which holds the shanks 32 of the mounting members 31 in the closed end portions 36 of the J shaped slots in the keepers to prevent accidental detachment of the bar 22.

After a suit or other garment has been placed on the hanger and the hanger suspended from the keeper 29, the garment is arranged with its lower endresting on the partition or internal cover 13 and the bar 22 is secured in position. The garment is then straightened so that all folds occur at their proper places, and the compression bar 23 secured in place in the manner illustrated in Figure 1 so as to hold both the lower part of the garment and the ends of the sleeves.

The means for attaching the compression bar 23 comprises a member 37 secured to one end thereof and having a yieldable hook element detachably connectible with a member 38 at the adjacent margin of the internal cover or partition 13, and a member 39 at the other end of the bar which likewise has a detachable connection with a member 40 carried by the opposite marginal edge of the cover 13. The specific construction of the compression bar and its means of attachment is similar to that illustrated in the co-pending application of George Henry Wheary, Serial No. 500,770 filed Dec. 8, 1930, Patent No. 1,919,082, Julyl8, 1933.

With the garment properly arranged it is in the position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and as the case is closed it is in full view so that care may be exercised to see that no undue wrinkles or folds occur therein incident to the closing action. It will be apparent that the capacity of the case as to the number of garments which may be accommodated is governed only by the depth of the cover, so that by varying this depth the capacity of the case may be decreased or increased.

The rod 22 may be termed a roller in that it is free to rotate during removal of the garment to obviate the necessity of removing the same.

When access is desired to the main section of the case for packing or unpacking, the internal cover or partition 13 may be readily releasably held in its raised or open position by engaging a T headed member 41 slidably carried, as at 42, on the undersurface of the partition near its outer free end, in the keeper 29 in the manner illustrated in Figure 6.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which an invention of the character described appertains, that we provide a novel and improved case having provision for packing a complete mans suit or similar garmenttand holding the same against wrinkling and one in which the garment is in full view during the closing of the case so as to insure proper arrangement.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. In a hand luggage case a main compartment, a cover hingedly connected to said compartment, a garment hanger adapted to have a garment draped thereover, means at the outer free end of said cover for mounting the garment hanger whereby a garment draped thereover extends across said cover beyond the hinged connection over the main compartment, means carried by the case adjacent the hinged connection of its sections for holding the medial portion of the garment, a panel hingedly mounted adjacent the first named hinged connection and forming an internal cover for said main compartment, said panel supporting the extended portion of the garment, means for holding the extended portion of the garment against said panel whereby the panel may be moved into and out of alignment with either the main compartment or the cover when the case is open without deranging the garment, and means including the garment hanger mounting means for holding the panel substantially parallel to the cover.

2. In a hand luggage case, a main compartment, a cover hingedly connected to said main compartment, a garment hanger retaining member mounted in the outer free end portion of the cover, a garment hanger engageable with said retaining member and adapted to have a garment draped thereon to extend past the hinged connection of the cover to the main compartment, a panel hingedly mounted adjacent the hinge connection between the cover and main compartment to support the outer free ends of the garment, means adjacent the hinged mounting of said panel about which the garment may be folded, and means on the outer free end of the panel engageable with the hanger retaining member to secure the panel in substantially flat alignment with the cover.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. BENJAMIN M. HAMLIN.

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